Join Celine in this episode of The Herbalist’s Journal as she explores the Cucumber Magnolia (Magnolia acuminata), a rare Appalachian native with ancient lineage and surprising cultural history. From its medicinal bark to its role in Cherokee tradition and early American craft, discover how this quiet magnolia shaped healing, landscape, and story in the eastern forests.

In this episode of The Herbalist’s Journal, Celine explores Virgin’s Bower (Clematis virginiana)—a climbing vine of hedgerows, riverbanks, and woodland edges. Discover its role in Indigenous medicine, its symbolic ties to protection and boundary spaces, and its surprising chemistry. A plant of tangles, thresholds, and quiet power.

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Beneath the shade of eastern woodlands grows Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum), a spring wildflower of striking beauty and hidden danger. In this episode of The Herbalist’s Journal, host Celine, forester and Board Certified Master Arborist, explores the plant’s unique biology, its role in Indigenous medicine, and the folklore that surrounds its hooded blooms and bright red berries. Discover how this woodland plant became both healer and teacher in human culture.